#CDC49B#CDC49B

#CDC49B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.056 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC49B
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 155)
HSL	hsl(49, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 24.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -3.37, 21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 22.03, 98.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0069 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.056 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8332, 54.8265, 38.9087)
Luminance	0.5483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC49B #9BA4CD

analogous

#CDAB9B #CDC49B #BDCD9B

triadic

#CDC49B #9BCDC4 #C49BCD

tetradic

#CDC49B #9BCDAB #9BA4CD #CD9BBD

square

#CDC49B #9BCDAB #9BA4CD #CD9BBD

split-complementary

#CDC49B #9BBDCD #AB9BCD

monochromatic

#9E904F #B9AC72 #CDC49B #E1DCC4 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC49B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#CDC49B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC49B

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC49B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC49B	1.00	1.76	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc49b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.056 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd5b8',
    500: '#cdc49b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc49b;
$custom-light: #dcd5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc49b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81729,
    "c": 0.05576,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC49B

secondary

#6A74A2

accent

#4EAC39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC49B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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